What keeps the engagement alive in this atypical horror flick is the camaraderie shared by the three women. Armed with their wit, equipment and an eager physics student in tow (for a balanced, scientific perspective), the Hepta Group ventures to the house where Father Pilon was attacked by a purported entity. When their mentor and partner, Father Pilon, gets admitted to hospital in a comatose condition after a near-fatal paranormal encounter, the women take it upon themselves to get to the bottom of things. She is responsible for capturing all the audio and video evidence during an investigation. And finally, there is Paz, the most level-headed member of the three. After all these years of paranormal investigation, she wishes to be away from the limelight and pursue her dream of being a pharmacist. Never short of a word, is her psychic predisposition only matched by her quick-witted repartees and hilarious dialogues. Chain-smoking Gloria is the medium of the group. Signs of his presence keep making themselves felt in her day-to-day existence. She lost her husband recently and wishes to connect with him in any way she can. Gloria is the most media savvy of the trio, and is responsible for their popularity in the press. Veterans that they are in the field, their usual approach to an investigation is in the form of casual humour. They rule out every bit of natural phenomena before entertaining the possibility of an otherworldly occurrence. Even after you are acquainted with the characters and their quirks, you are never in a position to predict which way the story will turn.įather Pilon’s trusted team of Sagrario, Gloria and Paz bring much experience to the paranormal table. The film has this surprising quality of keeping you guessing throughout. Just when you think that the horror will take over completely, there is an unexpected joke or a comment that makes its way to the surface. The former is accentuated by parts of the musical score. What makes it interesting is its casually comedic feel, offsetting the tenseness that lies at the core. The veteran ghost-hunting team of Sagrario (Belén Rueda), Gloria (Toni Acosta) and Paz (Gracia Olayo) complement each other very well, making their often-humorous equation the highlight of the film.Īt the heart of it, Phenomena is a horror film with traditional elements. Phenomena manages to hold the attention by bringing a brand of light comedy and banter to its horror tale. Founded in Spain by Father Pilon in the late 1980s, the collective was established to investigate a rise in the incidence of paranormal phenomena in the country. Carlos Therón’s film dramatises a challenging case of the real-life Hepta Group.
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